Ron Blackburn

Ronald Hamilton Blackburn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 23, 1935 in Mount Airy, NC
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Team: Pirates 1958-1959

Final Game: July 28, 1959
Died: April 29, 1998 in Morganton, NC
Buried: Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, NC
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1953	18	PIT-min	D,B	14																									FDL,BGH · WISL,CARL
1954	19	PIT-min	C	34	58	58		8	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.276		8							SJE · PROV
1955	20	BAL-PIT-min	C,B	50	104	104		31	6	0	2						.298	.298	.413	.712		43							PHX,BGH · AZMX,CARL
1956	21	PIT-min	A,AA	37	57	57		13	3	0	0						.228	.228	.281	.509		16							WPT,NOR · EL,SOUA
1957	22	PIT-min	AAA	40	76	70	4	12	3	0	0	2	0		5	20	.171	.227	.214	.441		15		0	1	0			CLB · IL
1958	23	PIT	NL	38	8	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	122	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	24	PIT-min	AAA	10	21	21	3	8	2	0	0	0	0		0	5	.381	.381	.476	.857		10		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1959	24	PIT	NL	26	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.800	1.000	153	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1960	25	PIT-min	AAA	43	26	24	1	5	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	11	.208	.269	.375	.644		9		0	0	0			SLC,CLB · PCL,IL
1961	26	ANA-min	AAA,AA	63	37	36	4	9	2	0	0	2	0		1	8	.250	.270	.306	.576		11							DFW,MAC · AA,SOUA
1962	27	PIT-min	AAA	52	53	48	6	10	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	14	.208	.283	.292	.575		14		0	0	0			CLB · IL
1963	28	PIT-min	AAA	36	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.083	.154	.083	.237		2							CLB · IL
1964	29	PIT-min	AA,AAA	34	15	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400		3		0	0	0			AVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
2 Yrs				64	13	12	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.667	.917	135	8	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	33	30	3	8	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	10	.250	.250	.667	.917	135	20	0	0	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1958	23	PIT	NL	38	8	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1959	24	PIT	NL	26	5	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
2 Seasons				64	13	2	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1958	23	PIT	NL	8	6	1	4.5	104	.400	.286	.267	.286	.335	.571	.418	.857	.753	122	.481	0.3	0.0	.800	.286	.286
1959	24	PIT	NL	5	4	1	6.7	103	.000	.200	.268	.200	.334	.800	.415	1.000	.748	153	.663	0.3	0.0	1.000	.600	.600	.0
2 Yrs				13	10	2	5.4	104	.286	.250	.268	.250	.334	.667	.416	.917	.751	135	.566	0.5	0.1	.889	.417	.417	.0
162 Game Avg.				33	25	5	5.4	104	.286	.250	.268	.250	.334	.667	.416	.917	.751	135	.566	1	0	.889	.417	.417

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	23	PIT	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		3.5			1.00	63%
1959	24	PIT	NL	5	20.0%	40.0%	0.0%	20.0%	100%		2.5	5.0	5.0	1.00	40%
2 Yrs				13	7.7%	30.8%	0.0%	23.1%	100%		3.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	54%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.2%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	1.52	6.8	37.4	8.4	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1958	23	PIT	NL	0.3	0.0	8	-0.1	-0.1	.62	-0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.87	-0.0
1959	24	PIT	NL	0.3	0.0	5	-0.1	-0.1	.53	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.79	1.5
2 Yrs				0.5	0.1	13	-0.1	-0.2	.59	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	-0.0	0.84	1.4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1958	23	PIT	NL	0%	2
1959	24	PIT	NL		0
2 Yrs				0%	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1958	23	PIT	NL	8	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1959	24	PIT	NL	5	40%	1			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				13	15%	3			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			72%			11%			30%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1958	23	38	8	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	122	4	0	0	1	0	0
1959	24	64	13	12	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.667	.917	135	8	0	0	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	23	40	8	7	0	2	2	0	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	1	38
1959	24	27	5	5	1	1	0	1	1	2	.200	.200	.800	1.000	1	26
2 Yrs		67	13	12	1	3	2	1	1	4	.250	.250	.667	.917	2	64
162 Game Avg.		162	31	29	2	7	5	2	2	10	.250	.250	.667	.917	5	64

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